Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, (SSA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before July 1, 2014.
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until June 30, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and December 31, 2014, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA of 1970) against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.)
Amends the FSEUCA of 1970 to postpone similarly from December 31, 2013, to June 30, 2014, termination of the period during which a state may determine its "on" and "off" indicators according to specified temporary substitutions in its formula.
Amends the SSA, 2008 to appropriate funds out of the employment security administration account through the second quarter of FY2015 to assist states in providing reemployment and eligibility assessment activities.
Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through June 30, 2014, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits.
Makes a change in application of a certain requirement (nonreduction rule) to a state that has entered a federal-state EUC agreement, under which the federal government would reimburse the state's unemployment compensation agency making EUC payments to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation under state or federal law and meet specified other criteria.
(Under the nonreduction rule such an agreement does not apply with respect to a state whose method for computing regular unemployment compensation under state law has been modified to make the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010, less than what would have been paid before June 2, 2010.)
Declares that the nonreduction rule shall not apply to a state which has enacted a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking effect, would violate the nonreduction rule. Allows a state whose agreement was terminated, however, to enter into a subsequent federal-state EUC agreement on or after enactment of this Act if, taking into account this inapplicability of the nonreduction rule, it would otherwise meet the requirements for an EUC agreement. (Thus allows such a subsequent EUC agreement to permit payment of less than the average weekly unemployment compensation benefit paid on or after June 2, 2010.)
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3936 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3936
To provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2014
Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Levin) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in
addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Extension Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Emergency unemployment compensation benefits expired at
the end of 2013.
(2) 1.3 million unemployed workers and their families
immediately lost access to benefits. Thousands more unemployed
workers are losing benefits each week.
(3) Excluding title IV, which focuses on nutrition, the
Agricultural Act of 2014, which has passed the House, generates
savings to offset the cost of this Act. If savings are not
sufficient, Congress will direct offsets from other legislation
to fully offset this Act.
(4) Consistent with the statutory pay-as-you-go scorecard
and the spirit of House rules that allow savings from one bill
to be counted in evaluating language in another paired bill,
the savings generated by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (not
including title IV) provide an offset for the benefits provided
in this Act.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
(a) Extension.--Section 4007(a)(2) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended by striking ``January 1, 2014'' and inserting ``July 1, 2014''.
(b) Funding.--Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (J), by inserting ``and'' at the end;
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the following:
``(K) the amendments made by section 2(a) of the
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of
2014;''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240).
SEC. 4. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXTENDED BENEFIT PROVISIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed
Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111-5
(26 U.S.C. 3304 note), is amended--
(1) by striking ``December 31, 2013'' each place it appears
and inserting ``June 30, 2014''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``June 30, 2014'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2014''.
(b) Extension of Matching for States With No Waiting Week.--Section
5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law
110-449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ``June 30, 2014''
and inserting ``December 31, 2014''.
(c) Extension of Modification of Indicators Under the Extended
Benefit Program.--Section 203 of the Federal-State Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (d), by striking ``December 31, 2013''
and inserting ``June 30, 2014''; and
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``December 31, 2013''
and inserting ``June 30, 2014''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240).
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR REEMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND REEMPLOYMENT
AND ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--Section 4004(c)(2)(A) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended by striking ``through fiscal year 2014'' and inserting
``through the second quarter of 2015''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240).
SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.
(a) Extension.--Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``June 30, 2013'' and inserting ``December
31, 2013''; and
(2) by striking ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``June
30, 2014''.
(b) Clarification on Authority To Use Funds.--Funds appropriated
under either the first or second sentence of clause (iv) of section
2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be
available to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment
benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the
amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such
benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D), as in effect on the
day before the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Funding for Administration.--Out of any funds in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Railroad
Retirement Board $62,500 for administrative expenses associated with
the payment of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under
section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act by reason
of the amendments made by subsection (a), to remain available until
expended.
SEC. 7. FLEXIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AGREEMENTS.
(a) Flexibility.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (g) of section 4001 of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-252; 26
U.S.C. 3304 note) shall not apply with respect to a State that
has enacted a law before December 1, 2013, that, upon taking
effect, would violate such subsection.
(2) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) is effective with
respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after December
29, 2013.
(b) Permitting a Subsequent Agreement.--Nothing in such title IV
shall preclude a State whose agreement under such title was terminated
from entering into a subsequent agreement under such title on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act if the State, taking into account
the application of subsection (a), would otherwise meet the
requirements for an agreement under such title.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
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